9. PSEtJDOCHIRBS. 177 



eight or nine, millim. beyond their junction with the premaxillae ; 

 naso-premaxillary but little longer than naso-niaxillary suture, 

 nasal bones flat above, not vaulted.. Interorbital region concave 

 above in the centre, much constricted, its edges smoothly rounded, 

 much inflated *. Anterior palatine foramina reaching to the level 

 of the back of p.' Posterior palate comparatively perfect, without 

 or with only a few small and irregular vacuities. BuUse medium in 

 size, transparent. 



Teeth as in Ps. ocddentalis, and only differing from those of 

 Ps. peregrinus by their greater size. Internal antero-posterior 

 length of m." about 4-0 millim. 



Dimensions. 



a (stuffed). 

 Adult. 



Head and body 350 



Tail 340 



Lower leg (c) 90 



Hind foot' 55 



Ear .. ...' 28 



SkuU, see p. 185. 



Hab. Tasmania. 

 Type not in existence. 



a. Ad. St., (5 . Tasmania. Purchased. 



■ I Ad. sk. I o Tasmania. Zool. Society. 

 *■ jSkuU. } ?• ^ 



c, d. Ad. sks., c? S . Tasmania. Capt. Ross [P. 



& C.]. 



1 Ad. sks. 1 Tasmania. geuld Coll. 



e-h. .^Skulls of e, ^2d',2$. * 



I f,&g- I 



t. Yg.sk., d, 27/10138. Tasmania. Gould CoU. 



. , i Yg. sks. I Tasmania. Gould Coll. 



•')> '^- \ Skull of > \ 



I. Skeleton, cJ. Purchased. 



m. Skull. (Voy. H.M.S. 'Fly.') J. B. Jukes, Esq. 



[P. & C.]. 



6. Pseudochirus archeri. 



Phalangista (Pseudochirus) archeri. Coll. P. Z. S. 1884, p. 381, 

 pi. xxix. (animal), figs. 1 & 2 (skull) ; LumhoUz, P. Z. S. 1884, 

 p. 407 (habits). 



Pseudochirus archeri. Coll. Zool. Jahrh. ii. p. 912 (1887). 



Yellow Phalangee. 



The following is drawn up from the original description and 



* In the apeeimen figured (specimen Tn) this inflation is at its maximum, and 

 is therefore more pronounced than usual. It is, however, always very con- 

 siderable. 



